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Five documents that earn the time they take. Each one is short by design, because the long version is written once and read never.

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The working business plan

What a business plan for an existing online company should contain, why the long version is rarely read, and how to.

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A growth plan that survives contact with reality

How to plan growth for an online business: choosing one constraint at a time, sizing the effect, and separating growth.

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Planning an exit years before it happens

How an exit plan differs from a sale process: the work in the two years before, which dependencies to remove, and what.

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The financing plan

How an online business plans its funding: working capital first, then growth, with the difference between funding a gap.

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The first hundred days after an acquisition

A hundred day plan for a newly acquired online business: what to leave alone, what to secure immediately and which.

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